Studies have shown that since the 1970s, people’s scores on the Narcissistic Personality Inventory are rising. Could there be a connection to television consumption?
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In a world out of balance, one in which arrogance and unaccountability combine in a corrosive synergy, humility can offer a powerful alternative vision of how to approach democratic government.
When all the evidence points in one direction, people can quite happily go the other. Whether it’s Trump, Brexit or climate change.
Trump Turnberry has reopened for business in south-west Scotland. Can you mix populist presidential ambition with a sport desperate to update its image?
An expert on extremism sees parallels between the rhetoric of Trump’s GOP and that used to mobilize violence in Iraq and Kenya.
Two recent controversial cartoons depicting people as apes have raised an important question: what are the legal and philosophical distinctions between harm and offence?
From the halcyon days of Louis XIV, the French global seat of power was soon pulled down by corruption, elitism and arbitrary rule. Sound familiar?
The struggle for political equality has shaped Australian democracy. This is undermined by a fragmented political donations system that can be easily evaded.
Australians are not unique in being rather uninterested in foreign affairs, but one might have thought this time things would be different.
We’ve been examining the ins and outs of TPP and the rise of the anti-trade right for months. Here’s a roundup of some of our coverage.
Donald Trump’s call for a barrier on the Mexican border rides a two-decade-long wave of vigilantism and grassroots activism.
What will a Trump presidency mean for America’s 6,000 colleges and universities, as well as its over 20 million postsecondary students?
Carl Schmitt rejected the Nazis, but his political philosophy paved the way for the likes of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
In 2008, Hillary Clinton withdrew from the presidential race to support Barack Obama. Now, facing a rampaging Donald Trump, she’s hoping Bernie Sanders will do the same.
Austria and the almost victory of the far right is a canary in a coal mine. A new political divide is emerging on both sides of the Atlantic.
The US has often worried about its decline, but this year, the theme is stronger than ever.
Why are populist candidates all the rage this year in the race for the White House? Recent research from Harvard and BU links it to the market economy and a similar trend in Europe.
Some Republican leaders are hunting for an orthodox, credible candidate to save them from Donald Trump. They probably can’t win.
The faultlines in democratic politics are clear. On one side is a system of democracy that is bad at making people feel represented. On the other are anti-politician performers like Donald Trump.
The GOP is imploding, based on the animus the party stoked toward Obama.
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